Volume 6, Issue 2 November 2009
Winter Event 2010 Saturday, January 9
Early Bird Registration Deadline: December 31, 2009 Inside this issue: Who: The College of Agriculture and School of Human Roundup 2009 2 Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Recap What: Annual Winter Meeting Winter Event 2010 3 When: Saturday January 9, 2010 Registration Form Registration: 1 PM HES Hall of Fame 4 Meal Lines Open: 1:15 PM Program Begins: 2 PM Scovell & Erikson 5 Society Tip Off: 4 PM UK vs. Georgia Making a Difference Where: Downtown Lexington Hyatt Patterson Ballroom UK Block & Bridle 6 Basketball tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis. One buffet meal must be purchased per game ticket. Early Bird 1969 Livestock Team tickets will be mailed to you. Tickets ordered after December 31 will be held for pick-up at registration. Go Big Blue! 7
Attire: Dress for this event is casual. We encourage everyone to Ag & HES Membership wear UK Blue to root the wildcats on to a victory over the Barn Ornament Info Georgia Bulldogs beginning at 4 PM in Rupp Arena. UKAg Store Registration: Forms can be completed online at www.ukalumni.net/winterevent or on page 3 and mailed to the Office for Advancement. Accommodations: For reservations, for January 8 and/or 9 please phone the Hyatt Regency at 1-800-233-1234 by December 9 requesting the UK College of Ag Group room block of 2010 Events $114.00 per night. Save the Date!
January 9 Event Parking Information Winter Event March 8-13 Complimentary parking is available on a first-come, first-serve Alumni Carnival Cruise basis so come early! Parking lot is located directly across the March 27 Scholarship Luncheon street from Rupp Arena Gate 1*. May 14 Joe T. Davis Memorial/ *NOTE: You must inform the attendant that you are there Ag & HES Alumni Association Golf for a Hyatt Function in order not to pay. Tournament Roundup 2009: A Family Tradition The air was a bit cooler, the meal and display areas were in Thanks to our 2009 Sponsors different locations, but the fun and family atmosphere remained the White: $250 - $499 same for Ag Roundup 2009. Our commodity sponsor, Kentucky Airgas Mid-America Cattlemen’s Association, provided hamburgers and brisket for meals served throughout the week of festivities. AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Ale-8-One The annual College of Agriculture Staff Appreciation Day kicked Bagdad Roller Mills off Roundup Week. College staff from across the state enjoyed tours of the Arboretum and the Joe Craft Center prior to the awards Bears Backwoods Grilling & Dipping Sauce program. Voice of the Wildcats, Tom Leach shared interesting Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association views from behind the scenes of the Wildcat football and basketball Council for Burley Tobacco teams during lunch. DoubleTree Guest Suites Local Rotary Club members and community leaders, including Holbrook Implement Co. Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry, made their way to campus on Hyatt Regency Lexington Thursday. College of Agriculture Student Ambassador Drew Kentucky Portable Toilets Robinson, Ag Ed ‘10, shared with the group his experiences at UK and what the College means to him. Kennedy Book Store Stith, Wimstatt & Associates, CPA’s Students, faculty, and staff gathered Thursday evening for the 40th UK Alumni Association annual College of Agriculture picnic. Collegiate 4-H won the Best Burger Contest and several people in attendance won door prizes Blue: $500 - $999 provided by Kennedy’s, Hands On Originals, and the UK Coleman Home Center, Inc. Bookstore. Additionally, the College celebrated its 40 year Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. partnership with Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives Hands On Originals and Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. KAEC has Kentucky Equestrian Center provided funding for the student picnic since its inception in 1969. Kingsford Mfg. Co. Policy makers from across the state were in attendance on Friday Monsanto for Kentucky Ag Leadership day. Legislators and Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Executive Committee toured the Maxwell University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union H. Gluck Equine Research Center and the UK Livestock Disease Workman Tobacco Seed, Ins. Diagnostic Lab. They braved the rain to enjoy a wonderful meal Wildcat: $1,000 + prepared by Block and Bridle students. Kentucky State Fair Board Dr. George Mitchell was inducted as the UK Animal Science Hall Liberty Mutual of Fame’s newest member Friday evening. Additionally, the Bronze: $1,000 - $2,499 department honored alumnus, Dr. Kenneth Webb, Jr. with its Kentucky Corn Growers Association alumni award. Agriculture Communications also hosted its Whayne Supply Company inaugural alumni reunion the same evening. Silver: $2,500 - $4,999 As Ag and HES alumni made their way to the Roundup tent on Farm Credit Services of Mid-America Saturday, the sun made its appearance just in time to start the festivities. HES, FarmHouse, and Alpha Gamma Rho alumni Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association hosted alumni receptions prior to the program. We were honored to Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau welcome UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart as our featured Gold: $5,000 - $9,999 speaker as well as our traditional guests: the UK Cheerleaders and Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives Pep Band. Michelle McDonald ‘84, President of the Ag & HES and Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Alumni Association, welcomed Mitch Barnhart, Tony Holloway, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Dr. Lee and Patsy Todd, Jaime Sparrow, Ron Sheets, and Dr. Linus Walton to the infamous Chefs Hall of Fame by presenting each the Platinum: $10,000 + coveted Ag Roundup apron. Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance We hope to see you next fall for the 2010 Ag Roundup. Look for Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation the date in the spring issue of Paw Prints.
Page 2 Paw Prints WINTER EVENT 2010 REGISTRATION EARLY BIRD POSTMARK DEADLINE: December 31, 2009
Name: UK vs Georgia Basketball Note: One adult/child meal ticket must be purchased per ball Address: ticket. A ticket is required for game entry REGRADLESS OF AGE
Basketball Ticket (s) (1 meal/ticket) = ______@ $ 28
Phone : Grad Year:
Email: REGISTER ONLINE!
______Check if change in contact information Get immediate reservations & confirmation! Visit www.ukalumni.net/winterevent MEMBERSHIP DUES or Pay your 2009 dues and get the member discount
2009 Single Annual Membership = ______@ $ 15 Mail registration form and payment
2009 Joint Annual Membership = ______@ $ 22 in attached envelope or to: Lifetime Membership = ______@ $ 200 UK Alum Assoc. - College of Ag Winter Event 2009 College Graduate ______@ $ 150 400 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40506-0119
GENERAL ENDOWMENT DONATION Ag & HES Alumni Association GRAND TOTAL ENCLOSED*: $______General Endowment Fund Donation $______(Cash, Check or Major Credit Cards* Accepted)
BUFFET MEAL TICKETS Note: Parking is on a first-come, first-serve basis! Please make check payable to: Number of lifetime & 2009 paid members of the Ag &
HES Alumni Association (& guests): Ag & HES Alumni Association Early Bird (by Dec. 31) Ticket (s) = ______@ $ 30
After Dec. 31 Deadline Ticket (s) = ______@ $ 32 Credit Card Name: ______Number of non - members (& guests): Early Bird (by Dec. 31) Ticket (s) = ______@ $ 48 Credit Card #: ______
After Dec. 31 Deadline Ticket (s) = ______@ $ 50 Visa __ MC __ AMEX __ Disc. __ Date:___/ ___ Number of Children (ages 3-12)
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After Dec. 31 Deadline Ticket (s) = ______@ $ 22 *$3.00 Service Fee will apply to credit cards NOT processed online
PageVolume 3 6, Issue 2, November 2009 Page 3 Five named to HES Hall of Fame The University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences inducted five members to its Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony Oct. 2. This year’s inductees include: The late Mary E. Sweeney was a nationally and internationally renowned home economist and family relations expert. Sweeney earned one of her two master degrees from UK. She was head of the Department of Home Economics in the College of Agriculture and briefly became dean of the department when it became a separate entity in 1916. In 1917, she was appointed to chair of home economics for the U.S. Food Administration in Washington, D.C. In 1920, she became the dean of home economics at Michigan State University. The same year she was named president of the American Home Economics Association. The late Myrtle Weldon came to UK in 1924 to serve as the state leader for the home demonstration program. Starting with only 24 county agents and a state home economics staff, the program grew to 105 county agents, more than 34,000 members of the Kentucky Federation of Homemakers and an estimated 100,000 additional women who had access to the program by her retirement in 1955. During World War II, she worked to promote the Women’s Land Army, which recruited women to fill in on the farm for men who were serving in the military. Shirley Ellis Sheperson received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from UK in 1952. The next year, she became the county extension agent for home economics in Casey County, a position she would hold until 1985. She received numerous awards over the course of her professional career, and she and other family members established the Ellis Family Scholarship at UK. Dedicated to her community, Sheperson helped obtain the former Forkland School to use as a community center in 1972. Her interests in families and genealogy led her to author or co-author several books including “Roots, Trunks and Branches,” “Forkland Heritage: Its People Past and Present 1793-1996,” “The Forgotten Past” and “A Family History Going Back 13 Generations.” Sheperson currently resides in Danville. Margaret Holyfield Potter received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from UK in 1955. She worked in the Department of Home Economics at Framingham State College in Massachusetts. In the department, she held the positions of associate professor and department chair. Throughout her career, she was a freelance consultant for many projects that involved product promotion, feature writing, television production and performance, and recipe development, testing, and contest coordination. Active in Phi Upsilon Omicron, she served in leadership positions at the chapter, district and national levels, eventually being elected as director. While director she served for two years as the chair of the Phi U Educational Foundation. Under her leadership, the foundation established two scholarships and one alumni award. She now lives in Richmond, Va. Janey Knight Thornton received her master’s degree from the University of Kentucky while employed at the Kentucky Department of Education. From there, she accepted the position as food service director for Hardin County Schools. Here, she oversaw building and remodeling of new kitchens and used technology to manage inventories and, production records and to analysis nutrition. She served as president of The School Nutrition Association in 2006. In April, Thornton was appointed Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services in the U.S. Department of Agriculture by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. In this position, she provides policy direction for the Food and Nutrition Service and Pictured left to right: Shirley Sheperson, Janey Knight Thornton and Margaret Potter. the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. We would like to congratulate all of this years recipients.
Page 4 Paw Prints Scovell & Erikson Society On Saturday, September 26, the College of Agriculture welcomed its newest members of the Scovell & Erikson Society. Created in the spring of 1985, the Society recognizes donors who have made a significant financial commitment to the College. The following supporters were inducted this fall: Freddie L. and Shirley A. Barnard, Elberta Casey, Brian and Cathy Celsor, C. K. & Shukwei L. Chow, W. Ronnie and Charlotte D. Coffman, Valerie K. Cravens and Paul B. Mulhollem, Joe B. and Martha J. Dixon, Michael G. and Deborah L. Duckworth, Marty Bickett and Richard B. Frost, Steve L. Hamilton, Darrell R. and Donna S. Hazle, Anthony Yates and Sherry Lassiter Holloway, Horseman’s Financial Group, Inc. , Steve and Geri Isaacs, Larry D. and Linda S. Jones, Kentucky Forest Industries Association, Inc., Elizabeth Ritchey Yost Lea (In Memoriam), Muhlenberg County Board of Education, Reese and Becky Reinhold, Hilde R. Shapiro (In Memoriam), Roy and Dottie P. Sims, Jerry Lee II, and Karen Kan Sisk, Glenn N. Slack, William M. and Amy B. Snell, Charles S. and Mollie A. Tichenor, Billy and Liz Toombs, Robert C. Jr., and Jill M. Wade, Thomas C. and Holly H. Wade, Myrna M. and Byron Wayne Wesley, Steven F. and Nancy W. Wills. Myrna and Wayne Wesley were recognized during the two-day UK Fellows celebration.
Scholarship Donor Making a Difference Throughout their college career, many students greatly depend upon scholarships to pay for their education. Two supporters who provide this opportunity are Dr. Linus Walton and his wife Sarah. Walton recently retired as Associate Dean for Administration in the College of Agriculture. He and his wife established a scholarship in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) in memory of his mother Edith Walton whose encouragement was instrumental in inspiring his education as an agricultural engineer. “I am simply paying back for the good things that I received during my education. It provides a way for me to pass on the good to someone else” explains Walton. The 2009-2010 recipient of the Edith Walton Memorial Scholarship is Danielle Marie Antis, a junior in BAE. “With the financial assistance the scholarship provides, it allows me to be actively involved on campus without the worry of paying for school” describes Antis. Many students share Antis’ viewpoint with regard to privately-funded scholarships. The College awarded nearly $650,000 to over 400 College of Agriculture students to assist with their educational pursuits. Pictured is the recipient of the Edith Walton The 2009-2010 donors and scholarship recipients will be recognized during Memorial Scholarship, Danielle Antis the annual scholarship luncheon at the Marriott Griffin Gate on March 27. with Dr. Linus Walton.
For more information on how to endow scholarship fund or make a donation please call the Office for Advancement at 859-257-7200 or visit our website at www.ca.uky.edu/alumni/.
Volume 6, Issue 2, November 2009 Page 5 UK Block & Bridle Hosts National Convention The University of Kentucky Block and the Division of Value-Added Animal Churchill Downs. Others enjoyed the Bridle Chapter enthusiastically served as and Aquaculture Production for the sights and sounds of NAILE as they host for the 90th National Block and Kentucky Department of Agriculture; attended the many beef and sheep Bridle Convention. Held November 12- Dr. Karl Dawson, Director of shows as well as the draft horse, mule 14, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky, in Worldwide Research for Alltech and donkey show, and shopped in the conjunction with the North American Biotechnology; Dr. Jennifer L. Garrett, Giant Country Store.
International Livestock Exposition President of JG Consulting Services; Dr. The annual awards banquet and dance, (NAILE), nearly 500 students and Barb Glenn, Managing Director of featuring the music of Bordertown, advisors from across the United States Animal Biotechnology in the Food and served as the grand finale to the enjoyed their 3-day stay in the bluegrass. Agriculture Section of the Kentucky experience. Not only did UK Biotechnology Industry Organization; The Kentucky Fair and Exposition Block and Bridle members enjoy the Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder and President Center served as the site for many of the convention they also gained of Alltech; and Dr. John Stika, President events and the Galt House Hotel was the tremendous experience while planning of Certified Angus Beef, LLC (CAB). convention headquarters. On Friday, and managing the event. We appreciate Each presenter shared their passion for attendees enjoyed day-long tours to the generous support of our sponsors animal agriculture and provoked various locations around the and alumni who provided financial students to think about the future of the Commonwealth, including Churchill assistance to allow UK to host the industry and the myriad of opportunities Downs, Keeneland Race Course, The national convention. We are so lucky students have following graduation. to call Kentucky home! Thoroughbred Center, Alltech
Biotechnology, and Rood and Riddle It wasn’t all work for convention Respectfully submitted by: Equine Hospital. Also, most of the tours attendees, however. Participants Carrie Tilghman & Miranda Schack featured stops located along Kentucky’s enjoyed an evening at the annual North Convention Co-Chairs famous Bourbon Trail. Saturday morning American Championship Rodeo and professional seminars featured some chose to test their handicapping Dr. Debra Aaron & Dr. Donald Ely Kentuckians Warren Beeler, Director of skills during an optional trip to Block & Bridle Advisors
1969 National Livestock Judging Team 40 Years ago eight individuals received national recognition as they were named the National Livestock Judging champions. Team members included Herman (Buck) Chastain, Tim Dievert, Paul Kunkel, Bill LeGrand, Randy Newton, Kenwood Soper, and John Wilson and coach Bill Able. The team was recognized during Roundup and at the North American International Livestock Exhibition in November.
Page 6 Paw Prints Go Big Blue! In September the College of Agriculture launched a new website available for alumni and friends. The website offers a wide range of men’s and women’s clothing and much more all available just in time for the holiday season. Visit www.ukagstore.com to purchase your items today!
Bob and Ann Culton of Maitland, Florida led fellow true blue fans in the CATS cheer during their annual university tailgate gathering at their church.
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Alumni Cruise 2010 Join us on a 5 day Carnival Cruise March 8-13 For the third year, turn your vacation expenses into money for your University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and School of Human and Environmental Sciences alumni program! Pricing: Includes cruise fare, taxes, fees, prepaid gratuities, onboard alumni events, optional group excursion options (additional cost) and scholarship donation.
Inside Cabin: $519 each for the first two people, $354 each for additional people sharing cabin Ocean View Cabin: $559 each for the first two people, $374 each for additional people sharing cabin Only a limited number of cabins reserve yours today!
Deadline for all payments are due by December 19th Passports are highly recommended for this trip. For more information on excursion options and registration forms, please visit www.kytravels.com/alumni.